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3 thoughts on “Lads & Ladettes…New Town Chavs”

Wonderful piece of social commentary! Some great observations of gritty (or at least ‘unpleasant’) realism conveyed in a humorous fashion. Most enjoyable.
Is it wrong that this has made me long for the New Town??

Good grief! That’s a terrifying conclusion. Really enjoyed both pieces and for me at least they brought to mind that old chestnut about ‘a plague on both your houses’. Beautifully written, very funny in parts too, but especially smart in how the combined effect of reading both pieces is to leave us in no doubt as to the wafer-thin differences at either end of the social spectrum; between these damaging cultures of social bonding through excess consumption and violence. I think that’s a point that really doesn’t get made often enough. And certainly not with such wit and honesty.

Superb! Even as I was reading that, there were thrilling echoes of John Cooper Clarke, and ‘Beesley Street’ in my head. Powerful, funny, wise – there’s a rhythm of Friday night in your words, but there’s also the carnage of Saturday morning.